From a92e740c8812402e83c4f77133423269e7b1cc4c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Long <longster@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2022 09:45:27 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add docs for building for windows (contributed by @ejmurra)
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docs/Building-for-Windows.md | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
packages/loot-core/package.json | 4 ++--
2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 docs/Building-for-Windows.md
diff --git a/docs/Building-for-Windows.md b/docs/Building-for-Windows.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1736c15de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/Building-for-Windows.md
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# How to build browser for Windows
+Many of the build scripts are bash scripts and not natively invokable in Windows. To solve this, you can build the project using Git Bash.
+1. Install [Git & Git Bash for Windows](https://git-scm.com/downloads)
+2. Install Node v16.x (latest version 17.x does not work due to issue with crypto package)
+3. Clone this repo
+4. From the root of this repo, run `sh` to launch a bash shell
+5. From inside the bash shell, run `yarn install`
+6. From still inside the shell, run `yarn start:browser`
+7. Open your browser to `localhost:3001`
+
+# How to build electron for Windows
+1. Follow steps 1 - 5 above.
+2. Run `yarn start`
+3. If you get an error from electron, run `yarn rebuild-electron` and rerun `yarn start`;
+
+## rsync: command not found
+If you run into this error, you will need to install the rsync binary to Git Bash. Follow the [directions here](https://prasaz.medium.com/add-rsync-to-windows-git-bash-f42736bae1b3). When you get to the final step - installing the libxxhash dll - rename the dll from `msys-xxhash-0.8.0.dll` to `msys-xxhash-0.dll`
+
diff --git a/packages/loot-core/package.json b/packages/loot-core/package.json
index 41d5c5b9f..dc1ffcd3b 100644
--- a/packages/loot-core/package.json
+++ b/packages/loot-core/package.json
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
"build:node": "cross-env NODE_ENV=production webpack --config ./webpack/webpack.desktop.config.js",
"watch:node": "cross-env NODE_ENV=development webpack --config ./webpack/webpack.desktop.config.js --watch",
"build:api": "cross-env NODE_ENV=development webpack --config ./webpack/webpack.api.config.js",
- "build:browser": "NODE_ENV=production ./bin/build-browser",
- "watch:browser": "NODE_ENV=development ./bin/build-browser",
+ "build:browser": "cross-env NODE_ENV=production ./bin/build-browser",
+ "watch:browser": "cross-env NODE_ENV=development ./bin/build-browser",
"lint": "eslint src"
},
"author": "",
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